- Arms discovery in Iraqi Embassy
Baluch andIraq relation were strong beforeU.S invasion of Iraq and can be traced from centuries. In 1970s Iraq andSoviet were help Baluchis to get their independence fromIran andPakistan but things went wrong when one of the Baluch nationalist leader,Akbar Bugti demands were not accept by other nationalist leaderGhaus Bakhsh Bizenjo andAtaullah Mengal ofNational Awami Party (Wali) to give Mr. Bugti the post ofGovernor in the province. In 9thFebruary 1973 at midnight Akbar Khan Bugti revealed toPakistan i authorities about weapons shipment smuggled fromRussia by help of Iraq which kept in the Iraqi embassy inIslamabad . In 10th February 1973, when authorities storm the Iraqi embassy, they found 300 Sovietsubmachine gun s with 50,000 rounds of ammunitions and large amount of cash which were for Baluchi separatist groups.Sher Mohammad Marri another Baluch nationalist leader visitedBaghdad same year. Later it was reported that arms were for both side Baluchis to dismember Pakistan andIran . After few months later report was unveiled by some local newspapers that in real arms were not found in Islamabad but inKarachi Iraqi consulate. The Pakistani authorities showed weapons in Islamabad will had great impact and better support for government by other ethnic groups in the country. Baluch insurgence end in1977 with thousand of civilian, Baluchi fighter and Pakistani forces dead. Iraq support went on coming years for Baluchis.ee also
* Baluchistan
*Baloch
*Iraq support to Baloch
*Sistan and Baluchestan Province References
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